Higgims Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Higgims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Higgims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Higgims Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Higgims Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Higgims is most common in Liberia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Higgims.

How Common Is The Last Name Higgims? popularity and diffusion

The surname Higgims is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Higgims live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia Higgims is mostly concentrated in: Grand Gedeh County, where 50 percent are found and Margibi County, where 50 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Higgims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Higgims has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Higgins86183,285/
Huggims864/
Igims8313/
Khiggins8011/
Higggins809/
Hinggins809/
Chiggins806/
Higghins806/
Huiggins804/
Hioggins801/
Haiggins801/
Higginns801/
Higjgins801/
Higginsd800/
Heiggins800/
Higins7760/
Iggins7719/
Higgns7716/
Eigims7710/
Hygims771/
Higums770/
Jiggins71808/
Heggins71741/
Higgens71712/
Giggins71468/
Joggims717/
Higginsová715/
Eiggins714/
Highins712/
Hingins712/
Higjins711/
Higginz711/
Higginsova711/
Yiggins711/
Higghns711/
Hiegins711/
Higggns711/
Higgnss710/
Haigins710/
Aiggins710/
Izims6745/
Heaggins6720/
Egims6716/
Hiems679/
Igums678/
Ehims674/
Igins674/
Igems673/
Icims673/
Ihims672/
Isims672/
Heuggins671/
Hegginss671/
Chaigins671/
Ijims671/
Geims670/
Higns670/
Chiggens670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Higgims
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